1. Street of Crocodiles: Brothers Quay - Still/Stop Motion & Puppets There was something different about this particularly dark and eerie animation that caught my eye. Whether it was just the mannequins and decay or the whole theme of Street of Crocodiles, I'm not entirely sure. To my surprise, I found nearly all of the elements and principles mentioned in the requirements evident in this piece. While the main character of this animation seemed rather unnerved by the whole situation, I would have been more intrigued than anything. I didn’t notice any particular sounds in this animation, but rather music throughout it and used to portray some sounds, such as the ticking of a clock.
2. The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend: Caroline Leaf - Sand The title sounded a little familiar to me so I decided to take a look at it. As it turns out, I had actually heard this story before. When I was very young, I used to live in Alaska and my nanny told me old Inuit and Eskimo stories and legends. This just happened to be one of them.The use of sound in this piece wasn’t very interesting, considering it was just different animal sounds made by Inuit peoples. The elements and principles evident in this piece are more so, however. I detected use of line, shape, pattern, texture, rhythm, movement, proportion, and light/shadow.
3. The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello: Jasper Morello - Silhouettes It’s hard to describe what exactly drew me to this animation. Perhaps it was the dark story or the steampunk theme? I’m not entirely sure. The elements and principles evident in this piece were mainly line, form, shape, movement, contrast, and light/shadow. If this animation were to take the form of a horror novel, I would be delighted. I’m very much into horror and this fits my taste perfectly. It also seems like the kind of story I would come up with in my head. There is narration and voices used in this piece, as well as music and sound effects (sort of).
4. Peter and the Wolf: Sergei Prokofiev - Still/Stop Motion - Puppets Now, this animation is most certainly my favorite of these 6. I first saw this piece a couple years back and although it’s rather… creepy, I find myself watching it over and over again. After conducting research, I discovered that this was the original Peter and the Wolf. The elements and principles in this animation that I’d noticed are: texture, color, emphasis, rhythm, movement, variety, and light/shadow. The music used in this piece portrays not only sound effects and the voices of different characters, but also the feel of the moment.
5. Homestuck Animation - A Lullaby for Gods: Subugh - Hand Drawn Not only is the hand drawn animation absolutely stunning, but flows perfectly with the music. Characters and story alike are so well expressed. The main elements and principles of this piece are as follows: line, color, form, movement, and proportion.
6. Paperman: John Kahrs - Computerized This piece caught my attention through a Disney-like animation and cute story. I found it interesting that it was totally lacking in color, all except for that one lipstick smudge on his paperwork. The elements and principles found in this work are: shape, space, form, movement, balance, proportion, and value. There’s some music throughout most parts of this piece and many sound effects such as the train whizzing past in the first few seconds of the film.
There was something different about this particularly dark and eerie animation that caught my eye. Whether it was just the mannequins and decay or the whole theme of Street of Crocodiles, I'm not entirely sure. To my surprise, I found nearly all of the elements and principles mentioned in the requirements evident in this piece. While the main character of this animation seemed rather unnerved by the whole situation, I would have been more intrigued than anything. I didn’t notice any particular sounds in this animation, but rather music throughout it and used to portray some sounds, such as the ticking of a clock.
2. The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend: Caroline Leaf - Sand
The title sounded a little familiar to me so I decided to take a look at it. As it turns out, I had actually heard this story before. When I was very young, I used to live in Alaska and my nanny told me old Inuit and Eskimo stories and legends. This just happened to be one of them.The use of sound in this piece wasn’t very interesting, considering it was just different animal sounds made by Inuit peoples. The elements and principles evident in this piece are more so, however. I detected use of line, shape, pattern, texture, rhythm, movement, proportion, and light/shadow.
Le mariage du hibou : une légende eskimo, Caroline Leaf, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
3. The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello: Jasper Morello - Silhouettes
It’s hard to describe what exactly drew me to this animation. Perhaps it was the dark story or the steampunk theme? I’m not entirely sure. The elements and principles evident in this piece were mainly line, form, shape, movement, contrast, and light/shadow. If this animation were to take the form of a horror novel, I would be delighted. I’m very much into horror and this fits my taste perfectly. It also seems like the kind of story I would come up with in my head. There is narration and voices used in this piece, as well as music and sound effects (sort of).
4. Peter and the Wolf: Sergei Prokofiev - Still/Stop Motion - Puppets
Now, this animation is most certainly my favorite of these 6. I first saw this piece a couple years back and although it’s rather… creepy, I find myself watching it over and over again. After conducting research, I discovered that this was the original Peter and the Wolf. The elements and principles in this animation that I’d noticed are: texture, color, emphasis, rhythm, movement, variety, and light/shadow. The music used in this piece portrays not only sound effects and the voices of different characters, but also the feel of the moment.
5. Homestuck Animation - A Lullaby for Gods: Subugh - Hand Drawn
Not only is the hand drawn animation absolutely stunning, but flows perfectly with the music. Characters and story alike are so well expressed. The main elements and principles of this piece are as follows: line, color, form, movement, and proportion.
6. Paperman: John Kahrs - Computerized
This piece caught my attention through a Disney-like animation and cute story. I found it interesting that it was totally lacking in color, all except for that one lipstick smudge on his paperwork. The elements and principles found in this work are: shape, space, form, movement, balance, proportion, and value. There’s some music throughout most parts of this piece and many sound effects such as the train whizzing past in the first few seconds of the film.